Liu Weidong, Professor in Economic Geography
Director-General of the Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Executive Director of ANSO
Counsellor of the State Council
Former Deputy Director General of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), CAS (2020.7-2022.11)
Assistant Director of IGSNRR-CAS (2012.8-2020.7)

Education:
1996.11-1999.10, Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.;
1988.7 -1991.3, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, MS.;
1984.9-1988.7, Department of Geography, Peking University, BS.

Areas of Studies:
Economic geography and regional development studies;
Spatial implications of new information and communication technologies;
Global production network;
Regional development and disparities in China;
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) studies.

Academic publications:
200+ Chinese papers with over 11000 citations
100+ SSCI-indexed papers (English) with over 10000 citations (Google Scholar)
20 books in Chinese, and 3 books in English

Academic Positions:
Managing and Founding Editor, Area Development and Policy, a journal of Regional Studies Association and IGSNRR-CAS,
Board member, Regional Studies Association (based in UK),
Advisory Board Member, Progress in Human Geography,
Editorial Board member, Eurasian Geography and Economics (US), Contemporary Social Science (UK), Asian Geographer (Hong Kong), and Bulletin of Geography (Poland)
General Editor (1/6) of Wiley-AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography